Khairwa observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Temples near Khairwa
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Khairwa is a village in Riga mandal, Sitamarhi district, Bihar. It has 2,701 residents in 517 households, with a literacy rate of 40.4%.
By population, Khairwa ranks #29 of 42 villages in Riga mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khairwa is a village of 2,701 people in 517 households (Census 2011) in Riga block, Sitamarhi district, Bihar, the 29th-largest of 42 villages in Riga block. Literacy is 40%, 3 points below the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 856 women per 1,000 men. It lies 188 km from the Sitamarhi district centre, 0 km from Champapur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Narkatyaganj railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 843327, served by Riga post office; the LGD village code is 219353. The nearest hospital or health centre is Sub-Divisional Hospital, Narkatiyaganj, <1 km away. The sarpanch is VIJENDRA KUMAR, and the village votes in Chiraia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Lal Babu Prasad Gupta. The population is estimated at 3,184 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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